Markets were called to open lower based on macro weakness and rain in the forecast for the U.S. Plains and parts of Russia. That outlook held true but selling in wheat quickly accelerated and kept corn trade muted. Wheat triggered sell-stops on its downside move and funds were net sellers for the day. The soy complex, however, shrugged off the grains’ weakness (helped, in part, by bear corn or wheat vs. soybean spreads) and climbed higher. Global grain trading firms are increasingly worried about farmers defaulting on forward contracts for the 2020/21 crop. As noted in more detail in this week’s MERCOSUR Regional Analysis and European Market Analysis from WPI, firms are especially concerned about Argentine and Ukrainian f...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.